| 词汇 | make a clean breast of it |
| 释义 | Idiom make a clean breast of it to tell the truth about something, especially something bad or illegal that you have done, so that you do not have to feel guilty any more.After months of lying about the money, I decided to make a clean breast of it and tell the truth. make a clean breast of itTo confess one's misdeeds or wrongdoings. I felt so guilty about cheating on the test that I had to make a clean breast of it to my teacher. make a clean breast of something (to someone)Fig. to admit something to someone. You should make a clean breast of the matter to someone. You'll feel better if you make a clean breast of the incident. make a clean breast ofConfess fully, as in Caught shoplifting, the girls decided to make a clean breast of it to their parents. This expression, first recorded in 1752, uses clean breast in the sense of baring of one's heart, the breast long considered the seat of private or secret feelings. make a clean breast of To confess fully. |
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